The Sure Thing : The Greatest Coup in Horse Racing History by Nick Townsend

The fascinating true story of how legendary gambler Barney Curley pulled off the greatest betting scams in horse-racing history. `Calls to mind The Italian Job.' Independent on SundayThe bookies always win. But one man has been proving them wrong for four decades. In the summer of 1975 Barney Curley, a fearless and renowned gambler, masterminded one of the most spectacular gambles of all time with a racehorse called Yellow Sam. It cost the bookmakers millions of pounds. They said that it could never happen again. But in May 2010, thirty-five years after his first coup, Curley staged the ultimate multi-million-pound-winning sequel. The Sure Thing tells the complete story of how he managed to organise the biggest gamble in racing history - and how he then followed up with yet another audacious scheme. Praise for The Sure Thing:`Extremely entertaining, and a revealing insight into one of horse racing's most colourful, and controversial, characters' The Press`Fascinating' Racing Post`A brilliant read. Love horse racing or not, you won't be able to put it down' Wexford People`There are fiction books that won't keep you as enthralled as this!' ***** Reader review
Binding: Paperback / softback